Read article Radiotherapy for eye lymphomas
This page tells you about radiotherapy for lymphoma of the eye. If you have lymphoma of the eye your doctor may suggest radiotherapy as for non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Radiotherapy to your eye and brain can clear the cancer in the eye and also helps to stop it from coming back in the brain or spinal cord.
Your doctor will discuss your treatment with you in detail before you start your radiotherapy. Don’t be afraid to ask as many questions as you need to. You can find information about external radiotherapy used for the eye on the previous page in this section of CancerHelp UK. There is also a list of questions for your doctor.
Like most treatments, radiotherapy has side effects. There is information about the side effects of radiotherapy to the eye in this section.
Radiotherapy to the brain may cause problems with memory and thinking clearly. This only happens in a small number of adults. If you do develop these side effects, they can appear a few months or several years after you were first treated. Unfortunately, these late side effects are usually permanent. And occasionally they can become worse over a long period of time.
There is general information about radiotherapy side effects and side effects of radiotherapy to the brain in the radiotherapy section of CancerHelp UK.
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